If you think you read a lot about Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, the Soros-funded former public defender who is the head prosecutor in a county that includes Minneapolis - well, you're not wrong.
It doesn't hurt that David lives in Minneapolis in a neighborhood that is particularly subject to the ravages of Moriarty's little legal lab experiments, and that I live across the river in Saint Paul, a city that lately has taken some pride in being "less crazy than Minneapolis".
But she should be big news - because she is a prime object lesson on the dangers of the Soros-funded ultra-left prosecutor.
And we had another episode last week.
Morarty - who has opted not to run for a second term next year, in order to focus more of her time on (gulp) making sustained change at the Henco Attorney's office - has announced her latest innovation:
Hennepin County Attorney’s Office introduces new strategy, comment period on prosecutions stemming from non-public safety traffic stopshttps://t.co/eJG4CrFMEh
— Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty (@HennepinAtty) September 17, 2025
From the press release:
The Non-Public Safety Traffic Stop [NPSTS] Policy is scheduled to be implemented on October 15, 2025, after a period to allow feedback from system and community partners.
“Non-public-safety traffic stops do not protect public safety, and they actively harm our community, particularly our Black and Brown community members,” Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said. “Speeding, distracted driving, driving under the influence, and blowing through stop signs threatens public safety and kills Minnesotans. We will continue to prosecute felony cases resulting from dangerous driving behavior.”
It went on to say:
Under the NPSTS Policy, absent exceptional circumstances affecting public safety, the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office will no longer prosecute cases that are initiated by a non-public safety traffic stop. Prosecutorial and law enforcement resources are then able to be reallocated toward catching dangerous drivers and holding them accountable.
The use of non-public safety traffic stops is also a significant driver of racial disparity, whether through conscious or unconscious bias. Black drivers are stopped and searched at disproportionately high rates, especially for minor traffic violations that do not create a risk to public safety.
The waiting for feedback doesn't appear to be going especially well...
WATCH: Full press conference of Hennepin County law enforcement leaders speaking out against Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty's decision to NOT prosecute felony cases that stem from low-level traffic stops, a move House Democrats support.
— MN House GOP Rapid Response (@MNHRCWarRoom) September 19, 2025
"In May, our deputies made a… pic.twitter.com/LtQVggdeEB
...which is why Moriarty isn't running for re-election; she's on a mission, and she doesn't want to have to be bothered by convicing voters.
Brad Johnson, prosecutor for Anoka County, which borders Hennepin on the north, was moved to respond in a Facebook post:
ICYMI, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty has decided she will not enforce current laws, in the form of not charging any felonies that stem out of routine traffic stops. Guns?** No problem. Drugs? No problem. Sex trafficking? No problem.
— CrimeWatchMpls (@CrimeWatchMpls) September 19, 2025
Anoka County Attorney Brad Johnson… pic.twitter.com/YWfznzQiVK
Pullquote worth some extra attention:
It bears remembering that a man named Timothy McVeigh was pulled over in a routine traffic stop by Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Charles Hanger on April 19, 1995, for driving a 1977 yellow Mercury Marquis with no license plate. That was the initial and sole reason for the stop. And it was a lawful stop.Trooper Hanger arrested McVeigh for the traffic violation and for illegally carrying a weapon, which he discovered after the stop, and that firearm became crucial evidence after the Oklahoma City bombing.Trooper Hanger followed the law and the evidence and prosecutors were able to serve some justice for all those killed and injured in Oklahoma City.
It's all about "social justice", provided that you see criminals as the real victim of crime.
